Deeks Just Starts At NCIS LA AU OOC
DISCLAIMER: Nope, don't own any of them other than ones I may create.
Summary: There is no plot. Just a whole lot of nothing. No cliff hangers or anything. Just something I wanted to see.
A/N 1: This is a work of fiction. FARFETCHED fiction I might add. This is a story that I wanted to see happen so I put it on paper, so to speak. This story could ONLY happen in my head.
A/N 2: Another big THANK YOU to my friend nherbie for looking my little chapter over to make sure everything is up to snuff.
A/N 3: A very large 'Thank You!' to all the guest reviewers I couldn't thank by pm.
A/N 4: And finally . . . The knife I refer to in this story has been used in a couple of my stories. It is, in fact, a real thing and resides in my husband's gun safe. The only exception to its origin is the smithy that fixed it for my husband's father. The smithy was in South West Texas. The sword itself will always be a mystery as to who made it in Japan or how old it was when found in a cave during WWII on Okinawa.
Chapter 2
Kensi looks at Callen and asks, "Callen, why do they call Deeks 'Shaggy'? You know?"
"No, I don't, but we'll ask next time they're up here. Ok?"
"Yeah, sure." And she goes back to her paperwork.
Late that afternoon, the mission gets a surprise visitor as Director Vance walks into the bullpen. "Leon, what an unexpected surprise! What can I help you with?" Hetty inquires.
"I'm looking for Detective Deeks. Rumor has it that he's working for you as an LAPD Liaison. I'd like to talk to him."
"Certainly. Let me call him up here." And with that she picks up Kensi's phone and calls Deeks extension. "Mr. Deeks, I need to see you in the bullpen. Can you come up right away? She hangs up the phone and says. "He's on the way Leon."
Less than a minute passes by and Deeks strolls into the bullpen with a surprised look on his face. "DIR. VANCE! What are you doing here?" He exclaims as he holds his hand out to shake Leon's.
"Marty, it's good to see you again. How are things going? Settled in yet?"
As Dir. Vance and Deeks are talking, Callen's team is flabbergasted at the familiarity between the two men. 'Who the hell is this cop to know the people he does?' Callen thinks to himself.
"Yes," Marty replies, "Quite well I think. So, are you in LA slumming or do you have an agenda?"
"I'm here along with the Director of the FBI to have a meeting about some rumblings we heard about a kill for hire ring in LA. Not important right now." And then, in front of Callen's team, Dir. Vance asks Deeks, "What IS important though is I'm here to offer you that job once more. This time, with all of your experience, I will waive the probationary time and FLETC. I'll even give you senior agent status after 180 days if you take the job. AND," he snickers, "I won't let Gibbs put you on his team in the cold weather of D.C. Sec Nav and I have both signed off on the paper work."
"See? Now that right there is enough to turn my head." And he lights up the room with his smile. "Can I let you know later?"
"I need an answer by close of day on Friday my time. Can you do that for me?"
"Of course. Maybe even earlier."
"Well, I need to get back to DC. Take care of yourself Marty."
"Always Dir. Vance, always. Say hi to the kids for me will ya?"
"You know I will. Talk to you on Friday Marty." And Director Vance leaves the bullpen to catch a flight.
And then the questions fly at him, "How the hell does a 'cop' know the director? Why do they call you Shaggy? Really . . . , Deeks? An agent?"
Deeks just shakes his head and heads back to his bullpen.
Hetty just sips her tea with a huge smile on her face. She's learned a great deal about her Liaison today. Things that were never entered on any paperwork she had access to. And she wonders how he knows Vance so well. He is definitely more than meets the eyes.
Wednesday afternoon, as Callen's team is getting ready to go home, Mindy's team walks into the mission. Callen notices there are only three agents and, it looks like a homeless person. "Mindy," Callen calls.
"Hey Callen. What's up?"
"You can't bring civilians in here. Even if it's as a witness or CI." Callen tells her.
Mindy looks at Callen with a puzzled look on her face and then it hits her. He thinks Deeks is someone else! She looks at Marty and sees his eyes start to sparkle and waits for the fun to start.
Marty looks at Kensi sitting at her desk watching what's going on and asks, "Hey good lookin', my name is Artie, want to grab a drink some time?"
"The only thing you should 'grab', is a bar of soap and a shower. You stink! Get away from me!"
Marty comes back in his own voice with, "Oh Fern, you hurt me so."
Sam, Callen, and Kensi all have astonished looks on their faces as Deeks takes off his hat, and pulls out his 'dirty' teeth, and stands up straighter. AND then he puts a large smile on his face. "Can't fool you guys, hey?" And follows Mindy to their bullpen smiling all the way.
"The man has skills, right Mr. Callen?" Hetty asks.
"Damn Hetty! I need to put a bell on you. And yes, he had us all fooled." Callen states.
Hetty just smiles to herself on her way back to her office. Things are working out just fine she thinks.
Thursday morning finds Callen's team neck deep in paperwork. No cases so far and then they notice Hetty bringing Deeks down the hall to wardrobe.
"I have a full suit laid out for you Mr. Deeks. Hurry and change and I'll wait here for you." Hetty says as she looks up at him.
Sam tries a little ridicule by saying, "Gonna try dressing up the cop Hetty? Maybe in an organ grinder suit? Might be easier dressing up a monkey. At least the monkey would know how to act."
Hetty is more than ready to tell Sam to keep his mouth shut when Deeks comes out of ward robe wearing his suit and she loses her train of thought. "If I was but 25 years younger!" she thinks to herself.
Kensi sees him come out of ward robe and her mouth falls open. Some people look really nice in suits and others look like something else. This man looks like something else! Holy shit he looks hot! Damn! I could DO some things to him and she feels her face get hot as she imagines taking the suit slowly off of him and then it turns bright red. Something that Hetty notices.
Oh Kensi, you're starting to change your mind about him already aren't you? Pretty soon my dear, pretty soon. Hetty thinks to herself that Mr. Deeks will be on the right team within a few months and smiles.
"Mr. Deeks, you need to get a move on. You're due to appear in court in three hours." Hetty tells him as she checks out the cut of his suit.
"Well, I'll see you when I get back Hetty. They only need my testimony and then I can leave." Saying that, Deeks leaves the bullpen heading for his car.
"What's he going to court for Hetty?" Kensi asks.
"Several months ago, he was instrumental in bringing down a massive drug cartel. It goes to court today and his testimony will end the case. He has documents and pictures that will close the case and send a lot of people to prison for a very long time." Hetty tells her.
"What about his partner? Did his partner already go to court?" Sam asks.
Hetty comes back with, "Mr. Hanna, Mr. Deeks never had a partner when he went undercover. It was just him. And his backstopping was atrocious. Most of the time all he had was a fake drivers license. And still he brought the largest drug cartel working the west coast to its knees. You all just can't see the man, all you see is the badge he carries."
Hearing that, Sam and Callen both think that, maybe, just maybe, they were wrong about Deeks. All Kensi can think about at the moment is how hot Deeks looked, and those eyes. If she looked into them too long, she'd drown. And then she feels her heart rate pick up and she sighs, lost in a daydream.
Hetty shakes her head and sadly walks back to her office to brew some tea. She gives thought to filling that fourth chair until such time she can get Mr. Deeks on Callen's team. Hmmm, I wonder if Mr. Renko is available for a short term assignment and picks up her phone.
Friday morning Deeks wakes up early thinking of what he needs to do today. He needs to make a decision one way or the other on what he's going to do. He checked the surf report and found out the waves were minimal so he decides to take his dog, Monty, for a run and then go to the mission. He walks through the mission doors at 8 a.m. and immediately sees Hetty. Oh great, he thinks. Well, no time like the present. Get it over and done with before everyone else gets in to work.
"Hetty, I'd like to talk to you if I may?"
"Have a seat Mr. Deeks. Would you like a cup of tea perhaps?"
"I think I'll pass on the tea Hetty. I need to talk to you about signing those papers for Director Vance. This past week I found working with a team and having a partner was nice. It's a great feeling knowing that someone is watching my back. So, I'm going to sign them."
"That's great news Mr. Deeks. Great news!" And Hetty pulls out the aforementioned papers and puts them in front of him saying, "Are you sure Mr. Deeks?"
"Yes Hetty. As long as I get to stay on the west coast, I'll sign them. Dir. Vance has already told me that I would stay here until such time that I may want to move and that's my signing bonus. So yes, Hetty, I'm sure." And with a flourish, he signs the papers and slides them back to Hetty.
Hetty pulls out a badge and credentials, and a sig case, and slides them across the desk to him and asks for his LAPD shield, gun, and credentials. He holds his shield momentarily before giving it to Hetty. Funny how he feels complete now. Strange.
Part of the journey is complete now. The next step is getting him on Callen's team. One way or the other, it'll happen. She just knows it in her heart, Hetty thinks.
Meanwhile, over in the bullpen, Callen, Sam, and Kensi have arrived to start their day. As they power up their laptops Callen mentions to Sam that they may have made an error in pre-judging Deeks. He read his file last night and discovered the cop is a lot more than 'just a cop' and tells Sam so. As he's telling Sam, a well known head peeks around the corner.
"Hey guys." Renko says. "Long time no see."
Sam immediately gets up and gives him a bro hug and so does Callen. Kensi gives him a full hug and tells him, "It's really good to see you again Mike. Are you here on business?"
"Well, sort of." He replies. "Hetty called me yesterday and asked me to fill in your fourth chair until she finds another agent so I got a red-eye hop into Pendleton and drove here. Apparently the one you had filling in before went someplace else?"
Sam jumps in with, "We didn't have an agent. We had a cop out of LAPD. He was supposed to be our liaison but he wasn't up for the job. Now he's working with Mindy Jackson's team. He seems to fit in there better than here."
"LAPD huh? I know an undercover cop over there. THAT'S the guy you should have! I've never seen a smoother operator in all my time as an agent. In fact, I tried to get him to join NCIS a long time ago. But then he told me he was more of a cop than an agent and I dropped it. I've seen him a few more times here and there but it's always the same. He would rather be a cop. So, who was the cop they sent over here?"
Before Callen could tell him, he sees Deeks leaving Hetty's office and just raises his arm and points at Deeks.
As Renko turns around to look, his mouth falls open and his face lights up in a smile and he notices Deeks do the same. "Shaggy? What the hell man! Are you the cop LAPD sent over here?"
"I was, but I just signed the papers man. I'm now a verified federal agent. Dir. Vance came in Monday and pretty much told me to sign or else." Deeks said.
"It's about damn time Shaggy. You know as well as me you should be an agent. What did Gibbs tell you that day? Oh yeah, it was 'you don't waste good'. See? He knew then how good you are."
"Whatever man. So what brings you to beautiful LA?" Deeks asks.
"I'm filling in the fourth chair on Callen's team until they find an agent. They tell me you're working with Mindy's team? How's that working out for ya? You and her still an item?"
"No, just good friends. After 6 months we decided it wasn't going anyplace so we ended it. We just didn't have that spark, you know?"
"That's too bad Marty. I really thought that you two were good together."
"We still are Mike. Just not as a couple."
All the while Mike and Deeks are talking Sam, Kensi, and Callen are listening to them. Sam can't believe it and Callen remembers reading about some of Deeks' exploits and thinks to himself Deeks becoming an agent was more than likely the right move. Kensi is thinking how nice his jeans fit his butt and how deep his eyes look as she keeps eating her doughnut.
End of work came fast for Deeks. All day long he was in a euphoric mood thinking of the way the morning went with his signing and all. Mindy, in no uncertain words informed him that he was buying the drinks tonight. He thinks to himself that he should mention the drink buying to Callen's team and heads that way.
"Hey Mike! Got any plans tonight? If you don't, I'm buying. And that includes all the rest of you also if you want. About 9pm."
"I'll be there Shaggy, with bells on. I'm sure the others will be to, right guys?"
The others all answer in the affirmative and Deeks heads out thinking he needs to stop at an ATM. Tonight is gonna cost him.
As Deeks leaves the bullpen, Kensi looks up at Renko and asks him, "Why do you and the others call him Shaggy, Mike?"
Mike answers her with, "We were entering a house to check on a possible suspect one day and there were some kids watching the cartoon channel. The cartoon that was on was 'Scooby Doo' and Mindy saw it and started to laugh. I looked to see what was so funny and started laughing also. Marty looks just like Shaggy from Scooby Doo. He's pretty much been Shaggy ever since." Saying that, Mike heads for the door.
Kensi thinks to herself how true that nick-name fits Deeks. Shaggy hair, scruff on his face, yep, Shaggy. I wonder if that scruff is scratchy or soft. She pauses and wonders where that thought came from. She gathers her things and heads for home looking forward to the evening out with the team.
Sam thinks Director Vance must be suffering early stages of Alzheimer's to offer Deeks an agent position. He was a damn cop! Not a trained agent! But free drinks? Oh hell yes! He's onboard with that. He tells Callen so long and heads out.
After reading Deeks's file, Callen can't help thinking his team made a mistake in letting him leave to go to Mindy's team. He's going to have to talk to Hetty about this down the road. This team needs someone like Deeks.